The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies, Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley; J. Walker; Scatchard and Letterman; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Longman, Hurst, and Company; and B. Crosby, 1804 - Aphorisms and apothegms - 394 pages |
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Abyffinia beauty calamity censure character considered Cowley crime danger death delight desire Dictionary Doctor Dryden easily endeavour enquired envy equally error evil excellence eyes Falkland Islands fame fancy faults favour fear flattered folly fortune frequently friendship genius give guilt happiness honour hope human Ibid idle Idler imagination Johnson kind knowledge known labour laws less lives Lord mankind MARRIAGE ment Milton mind miscarriage misery nation nature necessary neral ness never Notes upon Shakspeare observed once opinion ourselves pain passions perhaps pleased pleasure poet poetry polished language Pope praise Preface to Shakspeare pride Prince of Abyssinia produce prudence Rambler reason riches Roger Ascham SAMUEL JOHNSON says seldom Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Thomas Browne sometimes stancy Streatham suffer superiority things thought Thrale tion truth vanity virtue Waller Western Islands writer